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Today in History: Wednesday, November\u00a0 23, 2016<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\nOn Nov. 23, 1936, Life magazine was first published.
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1804<\/td>\nFranklin Pierce, the 14th president of the United States, was born in Hillsboro, N.H.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1889<\/td>\nThe jukebox made its debut, at the Palais Royale Saloon in San Francisco.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1903<\/td>\nSinger Enrico Caruso made his American debut at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York, appearing in “Rigoletto.”<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1954<\/td>\nThe Dow Jones industrial average finally surpassed it’s pre-crash high – 25 years after Black Tuesday – when it closed at 382.74.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1971<\/td>\nThe People’s Republic of China was seated in the U.N. Security Council.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1980<\/td>\nA series of earthquakes devastated southern Italy, killing some 2,600 people.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2001<\/td>\nAn Israeli helicopter fired two missiles at a van in the West Bank, killing Mahmoud Abu Hanoud, a leading member of the Islamic militant Hamas group.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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2006<\/td>\nFormer KGB spy Alexander Litvinenko died in London from radiation poisoning after making a deathbed statement blaming Russian President Vladimir Putin.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2011<\/td>\nYemen’s authoritarian President Ali Abdullah Saleh agreed to step down amid a fierce uprising to oust him after 33 years in power.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., turns 66 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Bruce Vilanch<\/td>\nActor, comedy writer<\/td>\n69<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bruce Hornsby<\/td>\nRock musician<\/td>\n62<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mary Landrieu<\/td>\nU.S. senator, D-La.<\/td>\n61<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Robin Roberts<\/td>\nTV host (“Good Morning America”)<\/td>\n56<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jonathan Papelbon<\/td>\nBaseball player<\/td>\n36<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi<\/td>\nTV personality (“Jersey Shore”)<\/td>\n29<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Actress-singer Miley Cyrus (“Hannah Montana”) turns 24 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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